Quote :

"Unlike Army Reserve members, National Guard members cannot be mobilized individually, except through voluntary transfers and Temporary Duty Assignments (TDY). However, there has been a significant amount of individual activations to support ongoing military operations related to the Global War on Terrorism (beginning in 2001); the legality of this policy is a major issue within the National Guard."

they're supposed to be called up as a last resort, as a whole unit (in part, as I understand it, to keep supplies and resources tied to their NG units, instead of scattered across the front of a foreign war)....bush didn't do this, again he's making up his own rules as he goes.

9/28/2007 11:48:12 AM

And where is congress? Checks and balances and all that. If Bush is walking all over the laws and the constitution it's because congress and the people are allowing it.

[Edited on September 28, 2007 at 1:25 PM. Reason : asd]

9/28/2007 1:24:43 PM

^^ I don't know of any personal examples of individuals being pulled up for AD out of the National Guard who didn't volunteer for it. I'll ask around though, I've got a few contacts in the NC and Va NG. The NG isn't an OHSHITWEREFUCKED last resort either, they're practically a necessity when your standing army is as (relatively) small as ours.

9/30/2007 10:42:17 PM

Quote :

"this logic works only if they're working inside the US borders."

sounds like a law enforcement - international issue

10/2/2007 2:22:32 PM

https://theintercept.com/2017/12/04/trump-white-house-weighing-plans-for-private-spies-to-counter-deep-state-enemies/

So we've got Erik Prince, with a ton of personal ties to Pence and trump:
- meeting Russian operatives on mega-yachts on remote islands
- proposing privatizing Afghanistan
-pitching a private spy force that, I assume, would only answer to the president.

I am really creeped out by Erik Prince and some of his affiliated crew. Prince's testimony (transcript) to the House intelligence cmte was supposed to drop today (I thought), but I haven't found any articles on it yet.

12/5/2017 7:15:46 PM

This is literally the scariest thing I've seen yet from Trump.

Look up the BLVD. That's what this will be.

12/5/2017 7:31:32 PM

If only he had this new security force wear brown shirts.

12/5/2017 7:56:46 PM

http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG00/20171130/106661/HHRG-115-IG00-Transcript-20171130.pdf

Prince testimony. Guy is clearly more tight lipped/a better liar than most of the Trump Admin dipshits the intelligence Cmte has interviewed. Gets somewhat testy at times, with Prince acting pissy that they even called him in. I haven't seen anyone posting anything groundbreaking yet from this.

12/6/2017 5:49:20 PM